Bohra Community
Dawoodi Bohras ask Parliamentary panel to be kept out of Waqf law
Contending that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill does not recognise their special status, the Dawoodi Bohra community, an affluent but microscopic minority sect among Muslims, told the parliamentary committee examining the proposed law that they should be kept out of the purview of any Waqf board. Senior advocate Harish Salve appeared for them before the panel headed by veteran BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, and a written submission made by the community noted that it is a "small and tightly-knit" denomination. "Its affairs do not need the kind of regulation that may be considered necessary or even desirable in relation to other denominations that do not believe in any such religious tenet," it said, according to sources. It is necessary that the community members are permitted to establish, maintain, manage and administer such properties in accordance with their beliefs and essential religious practices, it stressed. The power of the Waqf board undermines the community's founding faith, it claim
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Here as family member, not as PM, says Modi at Bohra community event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday recalled the decades-old bond he shared with the Dawoodi Bohra community. l am here as a family member, not as prime minister, Modi said after inaugurating the fourth campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy, premier educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Modi said visiting the campus is like visiting his own family, and spoke about his bond with the community. The Bohra community has stood the test of transforming with the times, he said.
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SC refers PIL against female genital mutilation to constitution bench
Female genital mutilation is performed "illegally upon girls" and is against the "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child", the plea says
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Bohra community delegation meets PM
During the meeting, the Prime Minister appreciated the social reform efforts of the community
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